The Harbour at Marseilles

Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia · 46 x 55 cm

Gleaming Apricot
Gleaming Bright and polished - high-key, often warm, suggesting reflective or luminous surfaces.
Apricot Soft warm orange - peach-adjacent, the color of ripe stone fruit.
The Harbour at Marseilles by Paul Signac

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Color Profile

Brightness
light
0
100
79.5
dark
Saturation
vivid
0
100
13.9
muted
Warmth
warm
-30
0
+50
11.6
cool
Dominant Hue
#D8C0B2 orange

Distribution

Hue — where on the color wheel
avg hue 58°
Brightness — how dark vs how light
avg L 79.5
darklight
Saturation — gray vs vivid
avg C 13.9
grayvivid

Brightness Heartbeat

Average brightness scanned top → bottom of the painting.

avg L 79.5 L = 0 L = 100

Palette Analysis

"The Harbour at Marseilles" (1906) reads as a high-key, mid-saturation warm palette built around Red and Amber. One color carries 33% of the picture plane, anchoring the composition. A low-prevalence accent at #959D9E pulls the eye.

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